Tom Bennett OBE
@tombennett71
Founder researchED http://researched.org.uk Behaviour advisor- UK DfE. Professor of School Behaviour, Academica Uni. Substack: https://bennettt.substack.com
Delighted to announce new TRAINING DATES in Australia and NEW ZEALAND, Sept 2025. Due to demand last time, I'll be back in Brisbane, Adelaide, Auckland, Christchurch, Hamilton and Wellington. Link in next post. Hope to see you there; please share.
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New Blog! "Adaptive Teaching Guides: Practical tools for equitable classrooms" Practical, teacher-led tools to make inclusion part of everyday practice, not an afterthought. Read the blog here: moderncassie.blogspot.com/2025/07/o-ne-o…
Touring up to the last minute. Amazing. We should all go out like that.
It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning. He was with his family and surrounded by love. We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time. Sharon, Jack, Kelly, Aimee and…
It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning. He was with his family and surrounded by love. We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time. Sharon, Jack, Kelly, Aimee and…
Gaming these days is nothing like the games adults remember from their own youth. They’re frequently cesspits, and adults need to closely monitor any access they’re unwittingly giving kids- and I mean, checking out each game before permitting, being co-present, monitoring…
Do your kids play Roblox? You should read this explainer, about how the monetization strategies of multi-player games have changed, incentivizing companies to put kids into harmful situations in 8 ways. New at AfterBabel.com afterbabel.com/p/its-not-just…
J'ai déjà parlé de @joe__kirby et de son blog ici. Au début des années 2010, ses écrits ont été un des fers de lance de l'évolution de l'Angleterre sur les pratiques pédagogiques.
A few years back, @joe__kirby was one of the original innovators who helped ignite a revolution in how we think about, write about, and actually do teaching. One of the UK’s best pioneers, and an inspiration to many, and myself.
A few years back, @joe__kirby was one of the original innovators who helped ignite a revolution in how we think about, write about, and actually do teaching. One of the UK’s best pioneers, and an inspiration to many, and myself.
This guy was sitting next to me at the DI conference, chatting away about DI, for about 2 hours before I realized who he was. His blog back in the old days of Twitter quite literally changed my life and career.
New substack: What is the science of reading? And why the definition matters.... dtwuva.substack.com/p/what-is-the-…
What Postman Knew Then Still Matters Now: Five Things to Remember About Technology Postman’s Five Things (1998): 1. All technology is a trade-off. It gives and it takes. 2. Technology’s benefits and harms are never evenly spread. There are always winners and losers. 3. Every…
One of my favorite TED talks (an oldie), Clifford Stoll about learning youtu.be/Gj8IA6xOpSk - and he basically says the same thing.
It's so hard to overstate the importance of students being secure in foundational knowledge before utilising AI. Without it, it would be so easy to perceive every AI output as good and useful. Let alone reliable, unbiased etc. AI is a tool. All tools require the operator to…
It’s like having a robot come to the gym with you and lift all the weights for you. Sure, the weights get lifted but you don’t get any stronger - which was the whole point to begin with.
The encroaching adoption of AI in education presents some interesting questions to us. Why do we put children through school? If you think it’s ’to jump through hoops and get certificates’ then you’ll believe it should be used as much as possible. If you believe ‘it’s to learn…
ResearchED 2025 National Conference, 6th Sept, London More names still being added: today, Australian megamind @NathanielRSwain and the remarkable Mr @MrGoodwin23! Ticket link below #rED25
researchED National Conference 2025, 6th Sept, featuring a galaxy of edubrains and voices. Come for the reason and evidence, stay for the professional development. New speakers announced every week. Over 150 sessions! Tickets here, discounts for groups. eventbrite.co.uk/e/researched-n…
*** NEW POST *** What books would every teacher benefit from having read? I take a look (and miraculously avoid recommending any of my own...) tes.com/magazine/teach… via @tes @PepsMccrea @DTWillingham @shaun_allison @tombennett71 @MaryMyatt @daisychristo
The environment we experience has a huge impact on how we respond. Behaviour can literally be defined as ‘the response to environmental stimuli.’ So institutions have the responsibility to create strong expectations of conduct and then enforce them. No one can wash their hands.
I think the commentary on efforts by universities to screen applicants for "civility" with essay prompts and peer-scored Zoom sessions is mostly missing the salient point. Yes, the tools are absurd. But the bigger problem is the category error of treating civility as something…
Interestingly, I think the "trad" education community is uniquely poised to combat the ever-growing use of AI in education. Respect for knowledge, hard individual graft, general tech scepticism, a "children don't know best" attitude...
I'm telling you all the signs are already there. We're sleepwalking into even bigger problems than the ones caused by phones